Bharti Airtel has pioneered 16 Mbps broadband its fastest wireline broadband on DSL in the country. This service, powered by Airtels Carrier Ethernet Network, will be initially available in the cities of Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore with phased roll-out to additional cities of Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata.
In its press release, Bharti Airtel claimed that Airtel offers its broadband services across 95 cities in the country with approximately 9.92 lakh broadband customers as on December 31, 2008. Airtel provides its broadband service through a fibre backbone of Carrier Ethernet Network with last mile delivery on copper using ADSL2+ technology.



